How much have you learned about Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman was important to the Civil War because she freed slaves during the Civil War. She was born on March 6, 1820 in Bucktown, Maryland. She had a mother, a father, and tons of brothers and sisters. Her impoverished family got separated to different slave owners and they did not get to see each other a lot because the slave owners would not let them. Her parents did not have occupations because they had to be slaves just like Harriet, so they did not get to make money from jobs. Growing up Ms. Harriet had a really poor home and when she was younger she was born into slavery. She started farming for her slave master when she was between the ages 5-7. About at age 12 her master threw a 7-pound iron at her head and she had blackouts for the rest of her life after it happened. Although Harriet’s childhood was a little scary at some points, she fought through it and was tough. …show more content…
Tubman had informal education because slaves were not allowed to attend school, so she decided to try to teach herself what all the other kids were getting taught at school. It was a law that people could not teach slaves how to read and write. But Harriet taught herself to read and write on her own, without help. When Ms. Tubman grew up during the Civil War; she ended up helping free slaves and giving them the freedom they deserved. She worked at a church in New York and believed in God the whole time. She was a conductor, nurse, spy, and led a troop, all in the Civil War. So, this is why Harriet Tubman’s education led up to her being such a remarkable person to